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Legal efforts challenge Youngkin’s pace on rights restoration.
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Virginia Moves to Dismiss Suit Claiming Denial of Voting Rights to Felons Violates Civil War Era Statute | Troutman Pepper
In June, four individuals and an advocacy organization for previously incarcerated individuals brought suit in the Eastern District of Virginia against several state and local officials...
Source: jdsupra.com
Fifth Circuit Strikes Post-Conviction Voting Ban as "Cruel and Unusual"
The removal of a ban in Mississippi's constitution is a big win—and could revitalize use of the Eighth Amendment against harsh punishments.
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Virginia's process for restoring voting rights to convicted felons challenged under 1870 law
A Smyth County woman is part of a suit that says Virginia is violating the provisions of the 1870 law that readmitted it to the Union after the Civil War.
Source: cardinalnews.org
Advocacy groups suing Virginia for prohibiting certain felons from voting after release
A new lawsuit against the State of Virginia says the commonwealth is wrongfully denying 300,000 Virginians their Constitutional right to vote by citing a Civil War-era law as justification.
Source: wric.com